Rep. Jenkins: GOP looking for "great white hope"

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins said in a recent gathering in Northeast Kansas that the Republican Party is looking for a "great white hope" to help the Democratic party and President Barack Obama. "Videotape shows...

The Afghan chessboard

Pepe Escobar commentary: The real meaning of the Afghan elections

Reflections on the Sixth Fatah General Congress

Collection of articles and analysis of the 6th Fatah General Congress including:"Reflections on the Sixth Fatah General Congress" Europe News, By Daniel Pipes (18/8/2009): As Khaled Abu Toameh summed it up, "Fatah is sending a message both to the Palestinians and the world...

Massive blasts rock Kandahar at least 41 dead, 56 wounded

Khandahr, Afghanistan's largest southern city, was rocked by five car bombs on Tuesday.  The bombs were detonated simultaneously. The blast destroyed a construction company office and several nearby...

Next Democratic Senate leader to get booted: Harry Reid?

Those who follow politics know that the mid-term election following a Presidents first term produce big changes in the balance of government.  It happened in 1994 during President Clinton's First term. ...

Response to: Liberal bloggers admit conservatives winning Twitter

"Liberal bloggers established online political activism, besting their conservative rivals during President George W. Bush's eight years in office. But conservatives are now finding great success 140 characters at...

Ahmadinejad sworn in as Iranian president

President Ahmadinejad, who was re-elected in a controversial election in Iran, was sworn into his second term of office in Teheran today.  In his inauguration speech he appealed for unity and he denounced...

Sri Lanka: The scars of a 30-year civil war

Story of the Victims, coming from their own mouths, reported by the BBC. Some sections of the so-called "international Community" keep refusing to listen to anything that the Sri Lankan people have got to say....

Ako Mismo to be launched in Negros tonight

" "AKO Mismo," a nationwide advocacy campaign eventually ratified for the upcoming and much-anticipated national and local elections on May 2010, will be launched in Negros Occidental with some 3,000 Negrense...

Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time

"Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time" " Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speeches may not be winning him followers but his work does and his actions have "changed tens of millions of lives for the better",...

President Calderon´s Party Loses in Mid-term Elections

Political changes in the country once again. PRI has become the largest force in a congress with a PAN ( National Action Party) president which could decide the fate of anti-crime and economic policies.I voted...

Poll automation on as Smartmatic, TIM reconcile

" MANILA -- The P11.3-billion project to automate next year’s elections is back on track, just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal. “We were able to thresh out everything,”...

U.S. leftists blame CIA for Iran uprising

A section of the leftists in the United States is blaming the Central Intelligence Agency of fomenting trouble in Iran, but other progressives are accusing their own kind of becoming apologists of the theocracy."Iran situation has left the political left in the United States...

Zimbabwe army 'runs diamond mine'

" Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe's army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country. Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are...

Canada - Latest EKOS poll shows that Conservatives lead Liberals

Just over a week ago Michael Ignatieff made four demands in order for him to support the minority Conservative government.  This ended up in a meeting between Prime Minister Harper and Michael...

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